From "Mining the Museum" to Making it More Accessible, Few Art Workers Have Left as Indelible a Mark on Institutional Practice
“I didn’t want to be the center of things... I wanted to see what would happen creatively from this group of people that were not me. I wanted to be the facilitator.”
From "Mining the Museum" to Making it More Accessible, Few Art Workers Have Left as Indelible a Mark on Institutional Practice
“I didn’t want to be the center of things... I wanted to see what would happen creatively from this group of people that were not me. I wanted to be the facilitator.”
The Artist's Second Annual Tintype Celebration of the City's LGBTQ+ Community Joyfully Returned to Current Space
"Most joyous to me is to see the community come together, and what kind of the in-between spaces the process creates: people chat, meet each other, talk about their portraits and share insight on posing."
ONE FIGHT, ONE FUTURE, Hosted by Free State Coalition, Photos by Elena Volkova
Colorful Signs, Speakers, and Peaceful Protest on April 5, 2025, at City Hall in Baltimore City, part of a the national Hands Off Day
From the Smithsonian to Forbes "30 Under 30," Baltimore Company ReBokeh is Changing How Audiences See Art
Named for the Japanese art of defocusing light sources in photography, bokeh, the app enables each user to custom-tailor their smartphone’s existing camera in real time to accommodate their unique vision requirements.
Over the Course of Two Days this June, Volkova Created Collaborative Tintype Portraits with the City's LGBTQ Community
Shot over the course of two days at Current Space earlier this month, Volkova’s black and white tintype portraits of the LGBTQ community offer a dignified, complex document of the city’s queer scene.
Announcing a Second Printing of our City of Artists Book!
A recap of our very first City of Artists release celebration on December 8, 2023: a reading at the Enoch Pratt Library featuring authors Scott Shane, Sheri Booker, Lane Harlan, E. Doyle-Gillespie, and BmoreArt publisher Cara Ober as moderator.
The Me Before The War No Longer Exists, A Photographic Series
There is an interesting juxtaposition between the medium of tintype and the subject of refugees. Volkova’s project aims to fix, however momentarily, a population defined by movement—people dislocated by war.
Rice makes art that fills in this gap in our brains and busts open the myth of innocence around whiteness in America.
Rice’s work is so successful because she uses documents, data, maps, and other tools that create the foundation of her lived experiences as a middle-aged white woman in America to create large-scale, labor-intensive, craft-based pieces whose effect is simultaneously visual and conceptual.
This painting technique is also one of deliberate migration, called a “nomad” mark by the artist
Heydari's visual algorithms calculate a daily experience of chaotic disorientation
The Baltimore-based Artist Will Guide the NY-based National Organization in its Next Chapter Supporting Socially Engaged Arts and Artists
Zhang is planning on staying here, and splitting her time between Baltimore and New York
Glenstone is a place that seamlessly integrates art, architecture, and nature into a serene and contemplative environment.
Located in Potomac, Maryland, a museum that tends to its outdoor environments as much as the indoor ones that house much of the art.
Celebrating Asian Culture in Baltimore's Inner Harbor in Photos by Elena Volkova
Baltimore’s Lunar Night Cultural Festival took place January 21 and 22, as a free weekend-long cultural event designed to embrace the richness of Asian culture and traditions through food and art in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and Lake Shore Park.
Is there a better way to appreciate Baltimore's mix of dignified, artistic, and oddball culture than the Mayor's Christmas Parade?
Photos from the 49th Annual Baltimore Mayor's Christmas Parade held on Sunday, December 4, 2022 by Elena Volkova
Latin-American outdoor market and celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month
Photos by Elena Volkova of performances and participants on September 24 at Creative Alliance's Tianquiztli market
Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff’s Bucolic Space for Contemporary Art
The rich patina of age and nature upon the original structure, a significant work of art in itself, elevates the unique contributions of contemporary artists to this region.
Artist Luba Drozd and curator Vlad Smolkin in conversation with Elena Volkova
There are no speakers to amplify the sounds; everything reverberates through the materials and the architecture of the gallery.
Images from Station North's Greenmount West Art Walk on Friday, August 26
Photos by Elena Volkova of Open Works, Area 405, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Blue Light Junction, The Cork Factory, and more
Subscribers, Contributors, and Featured Artists Celebrate our Collect Issue
A Garden Party for BmoreArt's subscribers, who made Issue 13 possible, as well as featured artists, contributors, and media partners
